International Development Studies Graduate Theses: Recent submissions
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Education at What Price? A Study of Low Cost Private Education in Malawi
(2015)Abstract With the shift to free primary education resulting in greater numbers of primary school graduates, Malawi has seen an increased demand for secondary education. Limited public resources, have forced Malawians to ... -
CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES OF CUSTOMARY LAND ADMINISTRATION IN ZAMBIA
(2014-12-17)Land is an integral part of Zambian identity, heritage, and rural livelihoods. Its importance is summed up by the expression ‘land is life’. Zambia’s dual land system, that of statutory and customary land, is at a critical ... -
Testing the Principles of Transformational Development: A Case Study of Christian Education in Nicaragua
(2014-08-25)Nicaraguan history is fraught with conflict, disasters and economic hardships. Among these challenges the religious nature of the population has remained. But, these faith perspectives have shifted and often have become ... -
Working with men to prevent and address violence against women: South African perspectives
(2014-08-22)With one of the highest prevalence rates in the world, violence against women is a critical issue in South Africa. Though efforts to respond to violence against women have traditionally focused on women’s behaviour, rights ... -
Can a State Decolonize Itself? A Critical Analysis of Bolivia's State-Led Decolonization Process
(2014-08-21)This study examines how state involvement has affected Bolivia’s decolonization process. By comparing interviews on decolonization with various indigenous organizations and with the state’s Vice Ministry of Decolonization, ... -
Are Human Rights an Effective Remedy? Children, Sexual Violence, and Criminal Justice in Ethiopia
(2014-08-08)This thesis is an in-depth examination of the rights of child victims of sexual violence seeking legal redress in the Ethiopian criminal justice system. It explores children’s susceptibility to various injustices as they ... -
FORMER GIRL SOLDIERS IN COLOMBIA: YOUNG VOICES THAT NEED TO BE HEARD
(2014-04-28)The exclusion of girls is an issue of great concern when studying the impact of war on individuals in any country affected by armed conflicts. Colombia, for instance, is currently facing an armed conflict and dealing with ... -
Development As Transformation: A Case Study Of Canadian Baptist Ministries' Holistic Approach To Faith-Based Community Development In The Usulután Region Of El Salvador
(2013-12-16)The purpose of this research is to explore the use of a faith-based holistic approach to community development. The concept of transformation development will be explored through a case study of the community development ... -
Venezuela's Medical Revolution: Can the Cuban Medical Model be Applied in Other Countries?
(2013-12-10)This thesis analyzes the Cuban medical adaptation in Venezuela called Misión Barrio Adentro (MBA) and seeks to answer the question of whether MBA shows promise as a health system that improves medical accessibility for ... -
THE SECURITIZATION OF HUMANITARIAN AID: A CASE STUDY OF THE DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP
(2013-11-21)This thesis examines, empirically, the securitization of aid delivery at the Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya. Through a series of semi-structured interviews with aid workers, it documents their security concerns, organizatinonal ... -
Experiential Learning for Health Development: A case Study of the Leadership of the Highlands Hope Umbrella
(2013-08-21)This study focuses on the relationship between leadership and change in grassroots organizations and how they can improve health conditions within their community. Taking an experiential learning approach to health ... -
POST-SOVIET RUSSIA’S HISTORIC COMPROMISE, 1992-1998: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF RE-FEUDALIZATION DURING SOCIOECONOMIC COLLAPSE
(2013-08-21)During the period of 1992-1998, Russia underwent a transition from a centralized economy to a market economy with devastating socioeconomic consequences, and industrial decline, which has resulted in demographic crises. ... -
Seize the Day: Gender Politics in Liberia's Transition to Peace and Democracy
(2013-08-20)This case study investigates gender-sensitive institutional reforms in post-war Liberia. It applies key concepts developed by the Research Network on Gender Politics and the State to explore the extent to which the emergent ... -
HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF ECONOMIC SANCTIONS: ANALYZING THE EXPERIENCES OF IRANIAN RESIDENTS IN TORONTO AND HALIFAX ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN
(2013-08-20)This study will examine the impact of the hotly-debated sanctions against Iran from the perspective of the civilians who live in a country other than their sanctioned homeland, yet keep ties with their country of origin, ... -
‘"IT'S NOT MY STORY": THE DEVELOPMENT DISCONNECT BETWEEN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE NARRATIVES OF COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY MINING IN PERU'S ANDES’
(2013-05-06)This thesis examines the disconnect between the stated intentions of mining companies and narratives of hegemonic dispossession from mining-affected communities in the Andean region of Peru. The study focuses on Barrick ... -
Is bigger better? The impact of marine protected area expansion on community-based conservation
(2013-04-05)Global, national and local institutions are adopting coastal management strategies that attempt to facilitate conservation without undermining socioeconomic development. Recently, two global conservation trends have developed ... -
God Comes Homes To Rwanda: A Case Study of Transformational Development
(2012-12-17)After the genocide of 1994, Rwanda was left in a state of chaos. With reconciliation as a national priority, Christian faith-based organizations have risen to the challenge of providing religious reconciliation training. ... -
"To Overcome" Contexts of Violence: Popular Education and Historical Memory in a Maya Achi Community
(2012-12-12)Postwar Guatemala continues to contend with ongoing criminal and state violence, insecurity, racial exclusion and disparity, exacerbated by neoliberal and neocolonial economic policies. These patterns are rooted in centuries ... -
Revolutionary Images: The Role of Citizen Photojournalism, the Citizenship of Photography and Social Media in the Iran Green Revolution and Arab Spring
(2012-08-17)his thesis is a discussion on the affective politics of images, with attention given to the communities and forms of citizenship they create, both digital and real, and their role in contemporary revolutions in the Middle ... -
"Day by day, day by day": A study of immigrant women's entrepreneurship and settlement in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2012-08-13)This research illuminates the gendered nature of immigration and business ownership in the Atlantic Canadian context. A feminist analysis of semi-structured interviews with 15 immigrant women entrepreneurs in Halifax, ...